<img width="1050" height="350" id="yui_3_5_1_4_1421703371861_1543" style="width: 1050px; height: 350px;" aria-label="Birdman.jpg" alt="" src="http://fromthebalcony.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Birdman.jpg"> Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Most overrated film of the year. This is one of those artsy experimental little films that critics love to shower with praise and wins awards at film festivals, but that fails to connect with the average moviegoer. After 10 minutes of 'WTF-is -this-about', my wife walked out saying 'this is iike a Woody Allen movie'(her definition of boring film). I lasted 12 more minutes and stopped it. After two additional attempts in a span of three days I finished watching the whole darned thing that felt more like a chore than anything else. This is the story of washed-out actor who used to be a famous film star when he played the superhero role of Birdman. Now he is struggling to keep going his theatrical Broadway play while clashing with his egocentric method actor (Edward Norton) and the voice in his head (Birdman) that doesn't shut-up. Keaton's performance is efficient but far from memorable. Norton delivers as usual and Emma Stone has one shinning scene, but not much to bite. The film has excellent camera work tat follows the characters from stage rooms to hallways and out to the street on Broadway. The movie also has the most annoying soundtrack music ever by jazzy drums that even shows on camera a few times. Boring ass film. 5/10
I agree, it was overrated. Good acting, particularly by Michael Keaton, good camerawork and editing that make it look like one long shot, but certainly nowhere near 2014's best. The satire, "in-jokes" , and overall tone of the film eventually just seem pretentious. Yet another overrated and undeserving Best Picture winner. 6/10
While I was please that its director won the Oscar just because someone gave this son of a bitch a green card, I can't think of any other year when the Academy got it completely wrong. 'Boyhood' was a better movie and more deserving than 'birdman'. And the motherfuckers even shrinked this year the Best Picture nominees from 10 to 8, totally ignoring great summer movies like "the Lego Movie", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Guardians of The Galaxy" movies the were praised by critics and loved by audiences. Ten years from now people will remember that 'American Sniper' did not won, that "Guardians of The Galaxy' was ignored and that some obscure experimental film won best picture.
I didn't see "Boyhood", but I saw some of the other nominees. "American Sniper" I also thought was okay, nothing great, but probably better than "Birdman". "Imitation Game" and "Whiplash" were definitely better than "Birdman". The Academy is political anyway, I'm often surprised when I actually agree with the winners.
Yup. Saw it Saturday night. Mediocre movie. It's gotta be the worst movie since Shakespeare in Love to win for Best Picture. Perhaps the worst ever Best Picture winner.
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The members of the Academy that voted it as Best Picture o the Year are the ones with mental illness.
Worst than 2011's 'The Artist'? a film so unappealing that is the second lowest grossing, most ignored Best Picture winner ever??
I agree, this film was shit. It was done well, good acting, and good character development, but the story was trying to cover too many things at once, and at the same time the whole thing felt so fucking pointless. I love Michael Keaton and I'm not even sure I was rooting for him in this film. Whiplash would have been my choice for best film over both Imitation Game and this crap. I actually had planned on skipping this because I'm such a smart motherfucker and I could just tell from the trailer. However, my girlfriend wouldn't listen to me when I kept saying she wouldn't enjoy it. So we went and I got to tell her told ya so after the credits rolled. 5.5/10
Birdman was art house. Most art house movies have no meaning. Usually someone dealing with something that is magnified to a high level. It's about the acting. Nothing else.
It also has a lot of real life aspects to it with regards to his career and keaton's real life career. We all know Birdman is batman.
Everyone had an Oscar moment, and that was kind of annoying, but I was fairly entertained by Birdman. I guess.
